32 new grants made for innovative technology R&D
...of Standards and Technology (NIST). The 32 new ATP projects span a broad range of key technology areas. Among ...d an industry share of up to $56.9 million, if all projects are carried through to completion. The ATP supports projects that industry cannot fully fund on its ...Yearling horse auction to benefit equine research
...improve the land and waters. In addition, research projects also are being conducted that utilize the horse as...ise physiology, and health, Staniar said. Research projects examine fluctuations in pasture carbohydrate concentrations, cartilage and bone development, the str...College students recognized & rewarded for their innovative work
...ege and university students and their advisors for projects leading to inventions that can be patented. Introduced by the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1990, the Collegiate Inventors Competition has annually rewarded individuals or teams for their innovative work and scientific achievement. For more in...Pine cones lead to a fundamental change in clothing
... attract 15 million visitors, and other UK science projects will be the Eden Project and the Millennium Seed Bank at Kew. The smart garments will consist of a top layer of tiny spikes of water-absorbent material, possibly wool, each only 1/200th of a millimetre wide. When the wearer of the clothing gets ho...Intelligent clothing inspired by pine cones
... attract 15 million visitors, and other UK science projects will be the Eden Project and the Millennium Seed Bank at Kew. The smart garments will consist of a top layer of tiny spikes of water-absorbent material, possibly wool, each only 1/200th of a millimetre wide. When the wearer of the clothing gets hot a...New Military Biomaterials R&D Center to hold first meeting
... guide the Center, and discussion of potential R&D projects for the program's second year. The CeBMR was established through the award of an initial $827,000 contract from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command. The award is renewable for at least two years with increasing funding already provid...US Agency for International Development awards $34 million to Virginia Tech
...Of the $34 million, $5 million for each of the two projects will be garnered from the USAID missions around th...ting institutions are ready to implement these two projects immediately." "Research results will benefit the countries involved through increased farm inc...Children's Hospital Boston wins $2.5 million in health surveillance grants
...ing of public health research," he says. The pilot projects at Children's will further a new federal agenda to improve the nation's health information infrastructure. In July, Tommy Thompson, the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, outlined a 10-year plan to deliver "consumer-centric and information...Defense provides additional $4.9 million for pathogen research tool
...ing exponentially as a result of genome sequencing projects and other new technologies. Sobral and his cyberinfrastructure group are building PathPort as a set of Web-services to consolidate, annotate, validate, disseminate, and analyze available pathogen data from disparate sources through an interoperable l...Highlights of American Anthropological Assoc. meeting
...and Anthropology - Case Studies: Community service projects are recommended to help students understand the relevance of academic learning. (8-9.45) Restaurants. Current research on restaurants which have often been accused of the homogenization of culture on a global scale. (8-11.45 a.m.) Anthro...Touching research: How white blood cells navigate
...ological systems tend to be." The grant will fund projects headed by five scientists. In addition to Waugh, leading projects at Rochester are Ingrid Sarelius, Ph.D., Michael King, Ph.D., and Philip Knauf, Ph.D., all of the Un...Australian expertise helps resurrect Iraq's ancient marshlands
... water degradation, and to direct efforts to local projects with the best chance of success. "We have developed a system farmers can use to recognise the various soil types that can be used to grow crops and which ones to avoid," Dr Fitzpatrick says. His team is now preparing a series of papers for major inte...NHGRI seeks next generation of sequencing technologies
...f DNA sequencing and analysis technologies. "These projects span an impressive spectrum of novel technologies ...with higher informational content. "Each of these projects brings a unique combination of approach and expertise to solving difficult scientific and engineerin...Horse auction raises $75,000 for research
...improve the land and waters. In addition, research projects are being conducted that utilize the horse as a model for insulin resistance and skeletal development in ways that may prove beneficial to human medicine. Research is also conducted on horses' health problems and a group of studies involves exer...Researchers redrawing the Tree of Life
...stem of classification. The eventual goal of these projects is to have all flowering plants, algae, mammals, insects, and others put together in a full tree of life. There are several benefits for doing so. For example, in plants, chemists and biologists searching for compounds in medicinal plants need t...DFG research training groups become increasingly international
... Committee on Research Training Groups selected 23 projects out of 66 new funding proposals. This is the highest number of funding proposals received over the past eight years. The programme has become increasingly attractive to international groups of applicants. The large number of new proposals from the en...NIH funds new bioinformatics resources at UT Southwestern
...iscovery and vaccine development. "We knew these projects would require joint expertise in biology and computing. This is truly a team effort between information technology systems developers from Northrop Grumman and research scientists from UT Southwestern and elsewhere," said Dr. Richard Scheuermann, pro...Three years of Proba, the 'smart' satellite that runs itself
...ages from the instrument are being utilised within projects for the ESA-China Dragon Programme, including the ...a mapping in the south of Chile and archaeological projects in Spain. Proba's additional payload The other imager on board Proba is the compact HRC, which ...UGA scientist Moran receives $2.6 million from Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for marine research
...ing intern programs and supporting select research projects that will affect ocean science as a whole. According to the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Web site, the field of marine microbiology has grown rapidly because of advances in technology and techniques for studying the genetic diversity of ocea...Joslin Diabetes Center awards 1st Mary K. Iacocca Faculty Fellowship
...o collaborate with Joslin researchers on stem cell projects and the study of vascular complications in people with diabetes. "In reviewing Dr. von Andrian's work, we see numerous ways in which he can help us assess the cellular and molecular causes of diabetes, and help guide the search for drug targets to t...